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  • By Loren Mayo |
  • February 25, 2010
SWEET GIG: Knit, stitch and hook

A Good Yarn is Sarasota's newest creative venue perfect for everything knitting-related.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Norma and Tom McCarthy stand outside of their Gulfshore home. The couple has lived in Longboat Key since 2001. They made Gulfshore their full-time residence in 2009.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • October 15, 2021
Gulfshore residents oppose proposed height requirements

Owners of mobile homes worry that potential new rules on flood-elevation could make fixing up or replacing their residences difficult to live with.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Resort at Longboat Key Club General Manager Jeff Mayers created a plan to enhance the club’s assets and offerings for members.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 25, 2013
Major Upgrade: Resort at Longboat Key Club

In the last 10 months, Delray Beach-based Ocean Properties has invested $4 million in the Resort at Longboat Key Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • October 29, 2021
Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce celebrates Halloween

Awards were handed out for the best costumes at the Business After Hours event.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2011
Get your cameras ready!

Lakewood Ranch-based Sanborn Studios has joined forces with the Guerilla Film Competition to find the 'best of the best' of YouTube video stars.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • September 30, 2009
Subway spokesman visits Ranch hospital

Jared Fogle and Lakewood Ranch Medical Center CEO Jim Wilson spoke about their weight loss successes.

  • East County
  • News
  • By John Ewing |
  • June 14, 2013
Ringling College graduates redefine
 animation industry at Moonbot Studios

Ringling College graduates redefine
 animation industry at Moonbot Studios

  • Arts + Culture
Mateu Dalmau. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 2, 2022
East County Athlete of the Week: Mateu Dalmau

The Lakewood Ranch-based pitcher threw a perfect game July 25 at the 2022 14U National Championships in Hoover, Alabama.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Chef Judi Gallagher |
  • February 25, 2013
TWISS = This Week is Succulent and Savory

TWISS = This Week is Succulent and Savory

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Vinny Lecavalier, Paul Ysebaert, Steve Griggs, Jay Feaster, Rex Jensen, Brian Bradley, ThunderBug and the Lightning ice girls announce an outdoor street hockey rink at Premier Sports Campus.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 25, 2017
Tampa Bay Lightning to build street hockey rink at Premier Sports Campus

The club has also extended its relationship with Schroeder-Manatee Ranch for three years.

  • East County
  • Sports
Beginning this winter, both Allegiant Air and Southwest Airlines will fly to Washington D.C. from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 29, 2021
Allegiant adds SRQ service to Washington's Dulles Airport

Service begins in mid-December for airport's leading carrier.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2012
Obituary: Joseph Giusti

Joseph Giusti, of South Dartmouth, Mass., and Longboat Key, died June 7. He was 97.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
At its meeting from 5:45 to 8 p.m., July 22, the School Board will vote whether to accept Craig Little as Lakewood Ranch High School's new principal.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • July 22, 2014
Manatee County School District to vote on Lakewood Ranch High leaders

At its meeting from 5:45 to 8 p.m., July 22, the Manatee County School District will vote on a new principal and assistant principal for Lakewood Ranch High School - Craig Little and Melinda Lundy.

  • East County
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  • By June LeBell |
  • June 30, 2010
Music Review: Sarasota Music Festival Roundup

Sarasota Music Festival certainly had a major scare last year when it almost went out of business. But, thanks to the good graces of the Jay and Becky Kaiserman Foundation, the festival was rescued. Better still, it's been resuscitated and is moving in directions that could keep it afloat for many decades to come.

  • Arts + Culture
Mary Cantrell, right, smiles as her campaign volunteers announce she has taken the lead in the election. Nolan Middle School teacher Margi Nanney cheers from behind.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 4, 2014
Cantrell ousts Aranibar

Longtime MTI director Mary Cantrell hopes to create a new culture, atmosphere for the Manatee County School District.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2014
News Briefs

School district cancels security contract; MTI plants seeds for farmworker careers; Meals on Wheels PLUS finds home for new program

  • East County
  • News
Theresa Pelayo celebrates crossing the finish line alongside her daughter, Luna Pelayo, on Saturday morning at the Taste of ODA 5K.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • February 9, 2025
Out-of-Door Academy's first 5K raises funds for its athletics program

ODA's first-year goal was easily met as 143 runners participated.

  • East County
  • Schools
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 29, 2015
This week in Sarasota: Monday, June 29

This week in Sarasota: Monday, June 29

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  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 19, 2021
Render Unto Caesar

Jonathan Epstein’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s 'Julius Caesar' shatters cliché in the FSU/Asolo Conservatory’s latest streaming production.

  • Arts + Culture
Gabriella Brinceanu, 14, and her sister, Alaina Brinceanu, 3, work together to pop the bubbles at the Fourth of July All-American Cookout at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. Attendees enjoyed the bubble show by Blaise Ryndes, who has appeared on “America’s Got Talent.”
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 1, 2026
Sarasota's top moments of the year, in pictures

There were plenty of ups and downs in the past 12 months, and the Sarasota/Siesta Key Observer was there to capture it all. Here are some of our favorite moments of 2025.

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